AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and AMD Ryzen 5 1600X. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

967Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score942
5257Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score5134
13206PassMark CPU Mark Rating13011
2254PassMark Single Thread Rating2187

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen 5 2600ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
3400 MHzFrequency3600 MHz
3900 MHzMaximum Frequency4000 MHz
6Cores6
12Threads12
65 WTDP95 W
Pinnacle RidgeCodenameSummit Ridge
AM4PackageSocket AM4 (1331)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

970Single-Core Score945
5577Multi-Core Score4438
Geekbench 5.0.4 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
System manufacturer System Product NameModelMicro-Star International Co., Ltd MS-7B86
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME B450M-KMotherboardMicro-Star International Co., Ltd B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)
BalancedPower PlanHigh performance

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 2600NameAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 8 Stepping 2IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 1 Stepping 1
3.40 GHzBase Frequency3.60 GHz
3.89 GHzMaximum Frequency3899 MHz
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageSocket AM4 (1331)
Pinnacle RidgeCodenameSummit Ridge
64.0 KB x 6L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
512 KB x 6L2 Cache512 KB x 6
8.00 MB x 2L3 Cache8.00 MB x 2

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize16.00 GB
1064 MHzFrequency1199 MHz
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR4 SDRAM
2Channels1

Geekbench 5 result (single)

970Single-Core Score945
1681Crypto Score1878
867Integer Score830
1073Floating Point Score 1038
1681
2.87 GB/sec
AES-XTS1878
3.20 GB/sec
1062
5.37 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)867
4.38 MB/sec
1042
49.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1007
47.6 Mpixels/sec
850
2.40 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)710
2.00 MTE/sec
735
862.6 KElements/sec
HTML5753
884.5 KElements/sec
710
222.3 Krows/sec
SQLite750
235.1 Krows/sec
878
47.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering879
47.7 Mpixels/sec
772
246.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering733
233.4 KB/sec
834
6.50 Klines/sec
Clang815
6.35 Klines/sec
1002
11.6 images/sec
Camera1018
11.8 images/sec
1087
1.36 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics854
1.07 Mpairs/sec
1032
6393.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1025
6348.6 FPS
1293
71.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1221
67.1 Mpixels/sec
999
7.69 images/sec
Face Detection1000
7.70 images/sec
805
19.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection789
19.5 Mpixels/sec
1918
94.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1700
83.4 Mpixels/sec
1684
22.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR1712
23.3 Mpixels/sec
1154
926.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1193
958.2 Kpixels/sec
840
7.53 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion851
7.62 Kpixels/sec
949
30.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition889
28.4 Words/sec
625
24.2 images/sec
Machine Learning682
26.4 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

5577Multi-Core Score4438
5004Crypto Score2629
5376Integer Score4360
6108Floating Point Score 4907
5004
8.53 GB/sec
AES-XTS2629
4.48 GB/sec
6541
33.1 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4373
22.1 MB/sec
7513
355.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression6897
326.3 Mpixels/sec
2949
8.32 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1635
4.61 MTE/sec
5728
6.73 MElements/sec
HTML55519
6.48 MElements/sec
5870
1.84 Mrows/sec
SQLite5735
1.80 Mrows/sec
5780
313.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4881
264.9 Mpixels/sec
3806
1.18 MB/sec
Text Rendering2636
839.7 KB/sec
6438
50.2 Klines/sec
Clang6216
48.4 Klines/sec
5436
63.0 images/sec
Camera4557
52.8 images/sec
6490
8.12 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics6199
7.76 Mpairs/sec
8416
52140.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics8308
51468.6 FPS
5985
329.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur5222
287.0 Mpixels/sec
6326
48.7 images/sec
Face Detection6260
48.2 images/sec
5766
142.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection4595
113.3 Mpixels/sec
9692
475.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5955
292.1 Mpixels/sec
11058
150.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR8816
120.1 Mpixels/sec
8646
6.94 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing8492
6.82 Mpixels/sec
5349
47.9 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion4955
44.4 Kpixels/sec
3394
108.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2076
66.4 Words/sec
2201
85.1 images/sec
Machine Learning1120
43.3 images/sec